Wow, Wii! With all the hype that went into the launches of the Xbox 360 and PS3, who would have expected Nintendo's Wii to steal the thunder?
Two gaming blogs, Aeorpause and ThatGameBlog, recently polled their readers as to which game console had the most successful launch and in each case, readers overwhelmingly selected Nintendo's Wii. On Aeropause, 68% of 320 respondents to date said the Wii had the best launch. On ThatGameBlog, a similar 70% of the 168 respondents agreed that Nintendo's console had the best launch.
What is equally amazing to Nintendo's success as a dark horse was how poorly the pre-game odds-on favorite to win the launch war fared. In fact, on Aeropause an anemic 5.3% of respondents said the PS3 had the best launch and the readers of ThatGameBlog were only slightly more kind to the PS3 with 9% of respondents to date giving the nod to Sony's unit.
After the Wii's strong start, the quesiton remains...